Anaphora and Metarepresentation : Accessibility of Contextual Assumptions

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It is evident that according to the types of anaphoric expressions the accessibility of contextual assumptions enabling the identification of a referent differs. This article examines a different level of the referential accessibility of anaphoric expressions in terms of the availability of contextual assumptions. In the relevance-theoretic framework, an anaphoric expression undergoes a specific type of saturation in the sense that its referent is found in the representation of a representation the hearer accesses as the target of anaphora resolution. I conclude that the difference in the referential accessibility of anaphoric expressions and in processing effort stem from degrees of interpretive resemblance between a source representation and the representation of that representation. However, anaphoric expressions with lower accessibility to the referent provide an extra cognitive effect, being consistent with a presumption of relevance.Abstract1. Introduction2. Suggestions from Relevance Theory3. Accessibility and Degrees of Interpretive Resemblance4. Concluding Remarks
2011-02-07